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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Question regarding semicolon use...

A friend and I are wondering, would it be appropriate to use a semicolon in the following instances:

LA, CA; USA
NY, NY; USA
and et cetera.

I know a comma could also be used in place of the semicolon, but would it be necessarily inappropriate to use the semicolon?

Thanks for your time.
  

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Hi, A semi-colon seems an odd and wrong choice here. It's hard to comment further without knowing how you are using these abbreviations. eg Are you addressing a letter?

— Clive

  • Hi, A semi-colon seems an odd and wrong choice here.
  • It's hard to comment further without knowing how you are using these abbreviations.
  • eg Are you addressing a letter?
  • eg Are you writing a sentence of some kind?
  • eg Are you making some kind of list?
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Hi,

A semi-colon seems an odd and wrong choice here.

It's hard to comment further without knowing how you are using these abbreviations.



eg Are you addressing a letter?

eg Are you writing a sentence of some kind?

eg Are you making some kind of list?



Clive
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Does it seem just odd? Or definitivly wrong? It's to denote location. One could say it's a list of sorts. Los Angeles, California (soft period/semicolon) United States of America.
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Hi,

It's definitely wrong.

Just use a comma, as you already have between Los Angeles and California.

Los Angeles and California are locations, and The United States of America is just another location.

Clive
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